DiPirro v. Petco Animal Supplies, Inc., Aquatronics, Petsmart, Inc., Aquarium Products, et al.

Posted: 05/06/2002  browse the case archive

Citizen enforcer Michael DiPirro reached a settlement in the case of DiPirro v. Petco Animal Supplies, Inc., et al., with defendants Petco Animal Supplies, Inc., Aquatronics, Petsmart, Inc., and Aquarium Products on May 6, 2002. The settlement agreement resolved DiPirro's allegations that the defendants sold treatments for fish containing formaldehyde in the State of California without providing the requisite health hazard warnings.

As part of the settlement agreement, the defendants agreed to place Proposition 65 health hazard warnings on the covered products. The Consent Judgment requires settlement payments of $40,800, to be divided therein between civil penalties, 75% of which are paid to California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and compensation to whistleblower DiPirro and his counsel for their successful enforcement of this matter in the public interest.

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